Exmouth man sentenced to life imprisonment for his mother's murder

Today, Wednesday 24 July, Andrew Cane aged 31 from Exmouth was convicted of the murder of his mother Linda Sheard, who was found dead in her home at Port Mer Close, Exmouth, on 11 July 2012. Cane was given a sentence of life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 15 years.

Following the verdict, Detective Inspector Gregg Dawe said: “I would like to thank Linda Sheard’s family for the assistance they have given the police in the difficult circumstances that they found themselves in. This being that Andrew Cane, the offender for this murder, was the victim’s son.

“We are very satisfied with the guilty verdict and the sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum of 15 years given out to Cane by his Honourable Judge Francis Gilbert, in what was an unprovoked violent assault on his mother which resulted in her death.

“Andrew Cane's actions have left a family grieving for the loss of a loving mother, daughter, auntie and grandmother, and three children without a father for at least 15 years.”